Product Description

Printed on the top left of the envelope was the number one. The letter inside said,

‘Dear Sal,
I will send just eight letters to you. By the eighth letter, you will either love me or I will have killed you.’

Sal's new life in the Basque country unravelled almost instantly into distrust and fear, when he found himself being stalked by a man who claimed to be his wife's husband.

Free is a stylish and compelling noir comedy and a love story of sorts. Full of unexpected twists and turns. Vincent builds to a nail-biting climax, taking in murder, espionage and abduction en route.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #265024 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

Customer Reviews

Unusual (in a good way)
The style of the book is that the narrator chats to us, and it is a very rewarding style because when the screw is turned and the thriller gets more and more, er, thrilling, we put ourselves in his shoes and my nails are now bitten down to the quick. It seems very likely that if Mr Vincent keeps writing books this good and this laid-back he will become a household name.
An American friend colleague of mine tipped me off about the book because it was Book of the Month in an American magazine and it is rare for a thriller to get that kind of praise. Odd then, that the author is British and seemingly the yanks have heard of him but we haven't. A rare book indeed.

A ROLLER COASTER YOU CAN'T GET OFF
I'm easily bored by books so I feel I should write a review about this one. It's not just gripping and thrilling, it's interesting as well.

Sal is a shy man who is moving back to his roots in Northern Spain. Little things start to go wrong and we begin to suspect that his new wife is some sort of psycho. We really like her and hope we're wrong; she's fun and is bringing him out of his shell, but his life gets more and more scary and it all spins totally out of control before we know it. I'm trying hard not to give the plot away because it is all so much fun - fun as in funny - but also fun because it is dauntingly gripping. It is also interesting about how much we should follow our roots and worry about the past or how much we should just live life for the moment.

Oh and it has a heart stopping section towards the end.

If there is a better new thriller out there then, please, let me know. I will be very surprised if I find this review surrounded by reviews where people were less happy.

Tops
When reading this, I started wondering why there aren't more books like this. Fast paced, eloquent, intriguing, amusing. I really like all the details about the Basque Country, but at the end of the day it is the sheer energy of the book that made it so great. A psychological thriller where you really worried about this pleasant little man who had married a bit of a handful and whose life became plunged into a sort of mad thriller where the police were after him for a murder he didn't do, and he was getting death threats from someone unknown, and we can't fathom out why. The author makes it look easy, but if it was easy there would be more books this good, and there aren't are there.